I am amazed when guys come to me and claim that their opponent is doing a "nano blitz"!!!

So lets clear up a few things:

- NANO BLITZ is an out dated term - its generally reffered to a blitz that sacks the qb and does not have an obvious counter to it.

- In prior games their was a series of blitzes that were UNSTOPABLE and virtually sacked the qb instantly - they were coined "nano blitz" as that was the package many of them came in..

- its been two years since i have seen a true UNSTOPPABLE BLITZ - sure their are blitzes that create pressure fast but THEY CAN BE COUNTERED...

There are a number of players in the league that depend on the fast pressure blitz (and then in turn the threat of this blitz) as a fundamental part of their gameplan... YOU SHOULD NOT BE INTIMIDATED BY THIS!

There are numerous ways to counter a blitz (audibling backs and TEs to pass block, shifting the line etc) - but running the BLITZ COUNTER PASS can turn a possible SACK into a big offensive gain!!!

The biggest advantage to running effective BLITZ COUNTER PASSING is that it makes the defense "gun shy" - Agressive defenses who attack via the blitz look to strike fear and doubt into the offense - they want the offense to be tentative in their decision - they look to make you fear their blitz. tbhen they bluff blitzes and the offenses team rushes a pass (that they didnt need to rush) and that creates a pick!!! but you can TURN THE TABLES ON THESE DEFENSES!

An effective Blitz Counter strategy will make an agressive player second guess his blitzes - after you burn him with big gainers (when he is accustom to getting sacks) e will back off from blitzing - then you can get into your normal pass progression and pick him apart!!!my BLITZ COUNTER strategy has THREE SIMPLE STEPS:

1) Make sure each pass play has a BLITZ FRIENDLY COUNTER PASS (these are typical slants, pro-passes, drags etc)

2) After the snap you instantly need to read BLITZ or NO BLITZ...

3) If you read BLITZ throw to your blitz friendly receiver - if there is no blitz, continue with your normal pass progression

- You should vary who your BLITZ COUNTER receiver is - where he is on the field and what type of blitz counter route he runs (if your playing a smart defender he will anticipate this and exploit your consistency) - so vary these routes up

- Make the blitz counter pass work with your normal pass progression - (if he doesnt blitz you still need to attack the defense)

- Look to exploit weak CBs - and utilize the strengths of your WRs...* try to throw to receivers that high ACCELERATION, RELEASE and CATCH IN TRAFFIC ratings - players with high accel and release get off the snap better when "pressed"... if a defender closes on the receiver quickly and hits him, he is more likely to hang onto the ball with high catch in traffic rating!* avoid throwing against high press receivers with big hit power (but dont be scared to go against these guys - if you need to run it vs this type of player thats fine (in video example we run this at SHERMAN) but whenever possible its better to avoid these players- the high press will make it more difficult for a receiver to get off the line and the high hit power will force the ball loose after a receiver is hit!

This video below gives you visual evidence - I created a play book with only 4/6 blitzes in it - then played in practice mode with that playbook in ALL MADDEN vs the SEAHAWKS... The play i call in the video is 4 VERTICALS in a 4 WR SPREAD FORMATION - no HB or TE is pass blocking and i throw to all 4 receivers,,,

If you have any question or comments post below!

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